Today’s Headlines
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By
Ben Fried
9:08 AM EDT on May 19, 2011
- Internal Affairs Will Be Keeping an Eye on Traffic Court to Stop Cops From Fixing Tickets (NYT, News)
- NYPD “Integrity Officer” Made a Copy of His Placard for Mom (News)
- Queens CB12 Members: Jamaica Bus Lanes Need Real Enforcement to Work (News)
- Days Are Numbered for the Gas Station at Broadway/Lafayette and All Its Curb Cuts (Observer)
- Responding to High Gas Prices, Joann From Bensonhurst Not Gonna Drive a Car No More (Fox5)
- There’s Only One Part of NYC Outside Manhattan With No Parking Minimums (Cap’n Transit)
- DOT Is Working on a Bench Program to Make Sidewalks More Comfortable for Seniors (Cap NY)
- How the NYC Subway Map Might Shape the Way You Ride the Train (2nd Ave Sagas)
- What Has to Happen to Re-Open the Street-Level Crossing at West Street and Vesey? (Downtown Exp)
- Those “Veronica Moss” Streetfilms Were Amazingly Prophetic (Brooklyn Spoke)
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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.
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